Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 2 and Version 1 of Noodle Oodle, W2 3RR
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Accessibility: A step up to get in, and toilets are down a flight of stairs. |
Small Chinese restaurant on Queensway in Bayswater, sister restaurant of the original branch on Oxford Street.
Like the original branch, the decor and service are functional rather than elegant, and there's a strong focus on hand-pulled noodles, made by a chef who works on a counter facing the front window to provide entertainment for passers-by.
Kake visited on a Friday evening in September 2008, around 8pm. I was on my own and was seated right away. I'd been looking forward to some tasty dim sum, since I quite enjoyed the dim sum I'd had at the Oxford Street branch - but, disappointingly, it appears that the Queensway branch only offers a small subset of the original dim sum menu. Most of the dim sum on the menu were covered with "N/A" stickers, and my waitress confirmed that they simply don't offer those options. What they do have is pretty much either steamed, or pork, or both, making it quite hard to put together a balanced selection.
Given this, I just had an order of Shanghai steamed pork dumplings (xiao long bao, £3.50) and one of deep-fried spring rolls with shredded chicken, vegetable, and mushroom (£2.50), along with some Chinese tea (£1). The pork dumplings were fine, with a reasonable quantity of soup inside (though the skins may be too thick for some - I don't mind them this way though). The spring rolls were a little bland. The tea was fine.
I might come back some time to try the noodles in soup, but there are quite a lot of other options on Queensway.
They offer takeaway - I saw a few people come in for this while I was there - but I don't know about delivery.
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